Electric iron



R. C. CURTH.

ELECTRIC IRON APPLICATION FILED FEB. I0. 1920.

Patented Aug. 30, 1921.

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CC 1215 was RALPH G. CURTH, OF COLUMBUS, OHIO.

ELECTRIC IRON.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Aug. 30, 19211.

Application filed February 10, 1920. Serial No. 357,849.

T all whom it may canoe-m:

Be it known that l, RALPH C. CURTH, citizen of the United States, residing at Golumbus, in the county of Franklin and State of Ohio, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Electric Irons, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to an improved electric iron and has as one of its principal objects to provide a device of this character wherein the flow of current to the iron may, without releasing the grip upon the handle thereof, be readily controlled.

The invention has as a further object to provide a construction wherein a switch will be mounted in the handle of the iron and wherein the plugs of the switch will be so located that either one or the other thereof may be readily pressed with the thumb or finger for turning on the current to the iron or cutting it ofi.

And the invention has as a still further object to provide a construction which may be embodied in substantially any conventional type of electric iron.

Other and incidental objects will appear hereinafter.

In the drawings:

Figure 1 is a perspective view of an iron constructed in accordance with the present invention, and

Fig. 2' is a fragmentary elevation of the iron on a somewhat enlarged scale, the handle of the iron being broken away and shown in section.

Referring now more particularly to the drawings, the iron is formed with a body 10 with which mates a shell or cover 11. These parts may be of any approved type and any conventional arrangement of heating 0011 may be employed for heating the body. Secured to the cover is a handle bracket 13, the confronting arms of which are formed at their upper ends with annular inwardly presented sockets 14:. This bracket is preferably resilient so that the arms thereof may be spread to receive the hand grip employed. The hand grip is removably engaged at its end portions in the sockets 14 and is of tubular construction, being split longitudinally to provide upper and lower sections 15 and 16 respectively. The grip is closed at its ends by end walls 17 and freely fitted through the end walls of the sockets 14 to be threaded into the end walls of the grip are screws or other approved fasteningslS securely connecting the grip to the handle bracket as well as holding the grip against rotation within said sockets.

Depending from the forward end of the lower section. 16 of the grip is the lower cylindrical portion 19 of a switch casing, the upper mating portion 20 of which is formed upon the upper side of the section 15 of the grip. Snugly engaged in this casing is a switch 21 which is preferably of the plug type and the plugs 22 and 23 of which are freely received through suitable openings in the portion 20 of the casing to upstand therefrom. The lower portion 19 of the switch casing is formed at its rear side with'an enlargement 24 and leading from the bottom portion of the switch through this enlargement into the hand grip are ciro'uit wires 25. At the rear end of the grip the section 16 thereof is formed at its lower side with an opening 26 registering with a similar opening through the flange of the adjacent socket 14 and, as will be observed, the circuit wires 25 are led throu h these openings and thence downwardly a ong the rear arm of the handle bracket. Securing the circuit wires to said arm is a plurality of looped fastenings 27 engaged about the wires and having their end portions directed through suitable openings in the bracket arm to be overturned thereagainst. Adja cent its lower end the rear arm of the bracket is provided with an opening 28 and the circuit wires are led through this openingand thence through a suitable opening in the cover 11 of the iron when one of said wires is, in any approved manner, connected with one terminal of the heating coil of the iron while theother wire is connected with one of the contact posts of the iron so that the switch will be interposed in the circuit with the heating coil. As will thus be appreciated, the plugs 22 and 23 of the switch may, in the practical use of the iron, be depressed for turning on the current to the heating coil or for cutting off flow of current, one plug being, of course, designed to close the switch and the other to open the switch. Furthermore, the switch may thus be opened and closed without releasing the grasp upon the grip'of the iron so that duringthe operation of ironing, the iron may be conveniently maintained at the desired temperature. T accordingly provide a particularly eflective construction for the purpose set forth and a construction which may, as will be seen, be

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employed in connection with substantially any conventional type of electric iron.

Having thus described the invention, what is claimed as new is:

1. In an electric iron, a handle bracket, a hollow grip supported by the bracket and formed of mating sections, and a switch housed between the sections of the grip, the switch being operable for controlling flow of current to the heating coil of the iron.

2. In an electric iron, a handle bracket, a grip carried thereby and formed of mating sections, means coacting between the bracket and the sections of the grip for connecting the grip with the bracket and holding the sections stationary, and a switch mounted in the grip, the switch being operable for controlling flow of current to the heating coil of the iron.

3. In an electric iron, a handle bracket, a hollow grip carried thereby and formed of mating sections, said sections being provided with mating portions of a switch casing, and a switch mounted in said casing, the

switch being operable for controlling flow of current to the heating coil of the iron.

4. In an electric iron, a handle bracket having upstanding arms provided with confronting sockets, a tubular hand grip engaged at its end portions in said sockets and formed of mating sections, one of said sections having a portion of a switch casing depending therefrom and the other of the sec tions being formed with a mating portion of the switch casing, and a switch mounted in the casing, the switch being operable for controlling flow of current to the heating coil of the iron.

5. In an electric iron, a handle bracket, a hand grip supported thereby and formed at a point between its ends with an enlargement providing a switch casing, and a switch disposed in said casing and operable for controlling flow of current to the heating element of the iron.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature.

RALPH c. cURTH. [1,. s.] 

